The Beaufort Art Association (BAA) proudly announces the 58th Annual Spring Show and Sale April 5th through April 13th, 2019. This year our show will be held in our newly renovated gallery located at 913 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC. The BAA Gallery has partnered with the ART WALK on April 5th for a sneak preview of all the artwork from 5-8 pm.
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Day has slightly overtaken night. Flowering trees amorously erupt yellow pollen onto your skin. All of nature desires admiration, and the poets are as demanding for attention as clamorous crows. It must be April, National Poetry Month, which means you are in luck of seeing Beaufort’s Otram Slabess Poets in full bloom at two readings this month.
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By Margaret Evans, Editor April is National Poetry Month. But you already knew that, didn’t you, being the sophisticated readers that you are? What you might not know – I didn’t – is that the designation is less than 25 years old, having been assigned in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, who hoped to increase public awareness of their art form.
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A Short Story by Jack Sparacino Morning mist rose like fetid cigar smoke from Charleston’s rivers, creeks and harbor. Indoor sanctuaries beckoned. Clicks, squeaks and scuffling resonated off the shiny floors at Bohicket Marina Village mall. Saleswomen stood sentry at their stations, bored senseless by the stream of customers trudging through. The ladies’ paltry wages weren’t enough to afford them their preferred surgery.
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Experience ARTRAGEOUS, a troupe of 12 artists, singers, dancers and musicians, creating art on the stage of USCB Center for the Arts, on March 29 at 7:30 pm. Imagine the excitement of a team of exceptional artists painting at electric speed, creating giant works of art, right before your very eyes – accompanied by live music, powerful vocals, and creative choreography. ARTRAGEOUS is a unique visual journey of wild inspiration, creativity and fun for all ages.
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Terri & Mark Stokes of Bay Street Jewelers in Beaufort were honored with a 14-karat gold and diamond pin to signify twenty years of membership in the Independent Jewelers Organization (IJO), at IJO’s recent semi-annual conference held in Phoenix, Arizona.
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This spring, seven years of planning will soon be a reality for the new Beaufort County Animal Campus. On March 30th, local stakeholders will join together for the official ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Animal Campus in Okatie. The 10 acre complex is the largest public/private undertaking in the history of Beaufort County.
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“Calling John McCutcheon a ‘folksinger’ is like saying Deion Sanders is just a football player.” To really appreciate this compliment by the Dallas Morning News, you should ask a football fan about Deion’s many varied accomplishments, and you should come to Fripp Island on March 24 to let John McCutcheon, folk music’s “Rustic Renaissance Man,” dazzle you with his many talents, from writing songs, singing, playing a dozen instruments to telling stories.
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Yes, they are coming again this year. For the 16thconsecutive year, Duke University’s Symphony Orchestra will perform in Beaufort. This year’s concert will be hosted by the Foundation for Leadership Education, which promotes leadership education for youth throughout Beaufort County.
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Bettman and Halpin will perform at Music on Malphrus at the UU Congregation of the Lowcountry, 110 Malphrus Road, in Bluffton, SC, Saturday, April 13, at 7 pm.
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